Gray's Harbor Co. v. Drumm

Citations

• 23 Wash. 706
• 63 P. 530
• 1901 Wash. LEXIS 473

Syllabus

<p>PUBLIC LANDS-CONTESTS — BINDINGS BY LAND OBBICE-CONCLU-SIVENESS.</p> <p>Where the Issuance of a patent in favor of one of two parties has been determined after a contest involving questions of fact -within the jurisdiction of the land department, the validity of the patent should be upheld in the courts, unless there is an affirmative finding by the land department of such facts as would enable a court to declare as a matter of law that the department’s determination upon the facts was erroneous.</p>